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F. W. WOOD & J. F. BINGHAM.

(No Model.)

HANDLE FOR UTENSILS.

No. 487,688. Patented Dec. 6, 18 92.

co.. mom-Lama, WASHINGTON n c UNITED STATES FREDRICK WV. WOOD, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, AND JOHN F. BINGHAM,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,688, dated December 6, 1892. Application filed September 9, 1892. Serial No. 445,4=67. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREDRIOK W.Woo1), of Norwich, in the county of NeW'London, State of Connecticut, and JOHN F. BINGHAM, of Lawrence, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Utensils, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved handle; Fig. 2, an edge elevation of the same, the utensil being represented as broken away; Fig. 3, a central section through the bail-ear; Fig. 4, an elevation of the outer side of the bail-ear, and Fig. 5 a horizontal section taken on line a; :r in Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the difierent figures of the drawings.

Our invention relates especially to an improved method of pivoting the handles of teakettles, pots, and similar utensils, whereby sufficient tension is imparted to retain the handle in an assumed position; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more eifective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings,- A represents the kettle, and B the bail or handle. Bail-ears d are secured to the kettle in the usual manner and the bow-shaped bail B is pivoted thereto by pivot-pinsf. An annular groove m (shown in Figs. 4 and 5) is formed in the bail-ears. The bail is provided with the usual wooden or insulating handle proper 9. On the pivotpin we mount a metallic cap h, which has a slot at t to astride the bail, whereby said cap is rotated with said pin as the bail is moved. The edge of the cap rests in the groove m, as

shown in Fig. 5. The pin being headed against the cap, the edge of said cap atj, opposite the slot 2', is forced tightly against the face of the bail-ear, affording africtional tension for the handle. This tension is sufiiciently great to enable the handle to be adjusted at various angles in relation to the utensil and hold it in such position, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. To guard against the handle proper g falling onto the body of the utensil and becoming charred or heated thereby,we form two bosses or projections on the outer face of the bail. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) At the inner edge of the caph, adjacent its slot 2', we form a projection 10, which will engage one of said bosses when the handle is turned downward in either direction and serve as astop to support said handle in the position illustrated by dotted lines, preventing the handle proper from coming into contact with the utensilbody. Instead of said bosses or projections, an inwardly-projecting lipt (see Fig. 5) may be formed on the bail-ear, which projects into the path of the bail and willsupport the same out of contact with the utensil. The cap h also serves asa finish to cover the connection of the bail and ears. The tension of the cap against the bail is ordinarily suflicient to effect all of the results described, and as an additional precaution we provide the stop-bosses m 70 and lip 25. By forming the groove m as a guide for the cap the bail-ear is rendered more rigid and the strain by the use of the cap in said groove on the pivot is greatly relieved.

Having thus explained our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination, with a kettle or similar utensil, of bail-ears thereon, a bail pivoted to said ears, and a cap mounted on said pivot and slotted to astride said bail, the opposite edge of said cap being in frictional contact with the face of said bail-ear, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The bail-ear and hail pivoted thereto, in combination with the metallic cap h, mounted on the bail-pivot and indented at Mo receive said bail, all being arranged to operate substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a kettle or similar utensil, of bail-ears secured thereon and providedin theirfaees with an annulargroove, and having its edge working in said groove, 10 a bail pivoted to said ears, and a cap mounted said capv being movable by said bail, substanon said pivot and slotted to astride said bail, tially as described. the edge of said cap being disposed in the 5 bail-ear grooves, substantially as described. g gg g g g ygxfi 4. The combination, with the bail-ear provided with the annular groovem and a lip 15, of Witnesses: the bail pivoted to said ear and acap h on the STEPHEN A. BURBANK, bail, pivoted and slotted to astride said bail JOHN C. SANBORN. 

